Improvement in drip-receiving grates



W. N. REED.

Sink Trap.

No. 109,452. A Patented Nov. 22, ,1870.

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WILLIAM Nl REED,` OF ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 109,452, dated November 22, 1870.

IMF 'ROVEMENT IN DRiP'RECElVING GRATES.

The Scheule :efen'e to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, VILLIAM N. REED, ofy Arlington, Alexandria county, Virginia, have linvented a certain Machine or Device to be placed under` pumps, hydrants, 8:0., to catch the waste waterV and prevent splashing, or operate as a strainer, to keep improp'er substances from getting into the drains, of whiroh the following is a specification.

Nature aml Objects of the In'rentivn.

rl`he first part of my invention consists `in ibrming a box or sink of varying'size and form, according tocir- Across this sink are firmly fixed curved slats or blades with their sharp edges upward, in such a position that the falling water will\'impinge either upon the edge or slantin'g sides of the lladc,.and in either case will glance downwardfivithout rehouuding, and be oaughtunder the adjoining blade in the hottom of the sink.

Description of the Accompan-yiing Dra'wng.

Figure 1 is a perspctive drawing of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a Vertical transvcrse section in the directionO G, showing the ends of the hlades latcrally curved.

' Gen cm] Description.

A is the frame-work of the combined strainer and Shield. i

Bis the'pump, hydrant, or other device from which water or other liquid is discharged.

1 2 3 '4 5 (i 7 8-9 10 11 12 lm'e the blmies oil which the water falls.

D is a spout to carry off the water-from the -sink or space below the blades.

E E, fig. 2, are channels cut in the side pieoes of the frame, to permit the disoharge of all water collected i by thebladcs numbered 1 and 2 and 12 and 13.

water discharged from the spout, which, falliug uponl a platform, or other nearly lcvcl surface, it rebounds, iiying off in all direc-tions to a'distance proportioned to the heig'ht of the fall, splashing and bespattering all persons and things within its reach in summer causing much danipness and iilth, and iu Winter the accui mulation of ice from this source is exceedingly incon- \'enient,`not to say dangerous.

On the contrary, water falling thus upon the shield and strainer finds no surface from which it can be refiected, as the linife-like odges or series of sharp points (for I do not limit my invent-ion to any particular form) do not aii'ord such cause of splashing, as each drop of falling water must, of nccessity, strike'a point, an edge, or an inclined surface, making too small an angle with the pcrpendicnlar to be thrown npward from the Shield; consequently, it glauces 'downward between the blades into the bottom of the siuk, or into a commonsewer if theformer, it escapes at the spout.

Gla'im.

' The cnrved blades 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 1'0 11 12 143, firml y and closcly set a-nd braccd in the frame, A, sub-V stantially as set for-th.

WM. N. REED.

'Witnesses:

T. O. OoNNoLpY, OHAs H. Fowrinu. 

